The huge destruction and rioting in Dublin “could not have been anticipated”, Ireland’s police chief has said.
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris spoke at a press conference on Friday morning (24 November) after police officers were injured, shops were looted and vehicles set alight during riots the previous evening.
The riots followed a stabbing in Parnell Square in which three children and their teacher were injured.
A five-year-old girl is in critical condition, a six-year-old girl sustained head injuries and the teacher, a woman, is seriously ill.
A boy aged five has minor wounds and has been discharged from hospital.